put off

He was several times caught trying to put off a counterfeit ten-dollar bill.

In case of rain, In case it rains, If it should rain, Should it rain, we will have to put off the sports meet.

The conductor looked at him calmly and said, you are not half so angry as the American I put off the train at Dijon.

Such a few people came that the meeting had to be put off.

If it rains tomorrow, we'll have to put off the meeting.

Because he had no money with him with which to pay the fare , Carnegie was once put off a London tram .

Through the first week in June, as cases began to skyrocket in Australia, WHO continued to put off the final call.

Having been told that it was going to snow, they decided to put off the football match.

Give the book a chance, find the truth out for yourself, and don't be put off by the Guardian's Jay Raynor's somewhat cynical review.

WWF said the action would be "counter-productive" . It is "very concerned" that the proposed protest will put off its own supporters.

Bank of America (BofA) has put off a juicy long-term deal with the New York Yankees and extended its existing contract for a year.

Don't be put off, as the fish is so fresh it's alive right up to you choosing it from large plastic buckets filled with water at the front.

He being still out on business, we had to put off the activity.

I don't know. I said it was stupid to put off the wedding.

Princess Marya put off her departure, and for the last three weeks she had been looking after Natasha, as though she were a sick child.

Due to the absence of many students, we have to put off the meeting.

They have decided to put off the meeting to the next Wednessday.

From then on I made a determination that I would never put off anything important until the next day.

They had not been long put off with the boat, but we perceived them all coming on shore again.

If they continued to refuse to attack they would be put off of the ship in a foreign land.

At the last minute, Dinkins' trip had to be put off to a later date, because the money raised for it from private contributors fell short.

So do not be put off by the traditionalists, the conservatives, or those who cling to the illusion that change can only come from without.

If it were to rain this afternoon, the football match would be put off till next Friday.

The manager asked me to let you know that the meeting planned for this morning has been put off till this afternoon.

Well, I wish I could've told you back at the time, but all of it was put off the record until after the election.

As a result of your carelessness, the whole project should be put off at least one month.

We arranged for the meeting to be put off for a week.

DO you find it a good idea to put off the meeting?

Look sexier, feel sexier. It's easy to put off healthy eating, exercise, even haircuts.

If it were to rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

Why we decided to put off the meeting was that our headmaster hadn't come back from Beijing.

The subject was put off for a little while until Hanson, through with his meal, took his paper and went into the front room.

She says stress during her senior year in high school led her to put off college for a year 'to regain myself and get back on track. '

His friends told him it was crazy of him to put off his career.

The only people still smiling are the foreign visitors who decided not to be put off by the likelihood of more political unrest.

We've decided to put the meeting off (=put off the meeting) .

A president who refused to put off unpleasant decisions, as Mr Obama promised during his inauguration, would be honest about all this.

In itself that represents something of a victory. Not long ago China and Russia wanted to put off the whole process.

Elton decided to walk up to her place and put off by half - an -hour or so the important business which lay before him.

She had to put off her dentist appointment because she had to go on a business trip.

If it should rain tomorrow, the sports meeting would be put off. If it were to rain tomorrow, the sports meeting would be put off.

It's easy to put off emergency response planning as we devote our attentions to tasks with more immediate "payback. "

(put off her hat)You see, how much should it worth.

If it were to rain tomorrow, the sports meeting would be put off.

He arranged for the meeting to be put off for a week.

Banks do not mind all that much since it allows them to put off recognising losses.

If the exposure had been put off for another year, I dare say quite a few people would have been affected.

The trail layer, known as a hare would deliberately set check points and false trails to put off the chasing pack, known as hounds .

Returning home from boarding school during the first world war, Meg was almost put off the boat to die at Aden when she became ill.

It taught me a lesson. From then on I made a determination that I would niver put off anything important until the next day.

At your request, we might as well put off the meeting for a few days.

Perhaps she'll tell you why she's hurt-angrily. Try not to be put off , but to hear the anger as sounds of hurt.

You may run out of time as you get closer to month's end, so don't put off holiday preparations until the last minute.

But make sure your home maintenance is up to snuff so as not to put off potential "customers. "

The class teacher regretted to tell me that the sports meet to be held next week as planned would be put off(=postponed).

Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.

But many others are put off by Google's cocksure assertion of its own holiness, as if it merited unquestioning trust.

Shopping for anything expensive would not be a good idea just yet, so for now, put off the acquisition of expensive items for June.

This was a project which might be left for consideration, and they were, besides, obliged to put off its execution until the next spring.

L: William, I'm terribly sorry about this, but we have to put off or cancel tomorrow's meeting.

"Nissan was not facing up to its problems, " he says, which meant critical decisions were being put off.

It would be much better to put off the meeting till Friday .

That went down well, that mustard pot, at least there were a certain number of us who were not too put off by it.

If it were to rain tomorrow, the match would be put off.

Under the proposed legislation, American companies will no longer be allowed to put off paying tax on profits made and reinvested abroad.

But I think we have to be careful about building up people's hope so much that they put off living their lives.

We shall lose a fine opportunity if I put off to Cairo .

Certainly with Empire, what we've been trying to do is make it so people who haven't traditionally tried our games don't feel put off.

Excuse me for calling at such an hour, but Iwonder if tomorrow's appointment with your General Manager could be put off.

Part of the problem is that the bank's self-imposed screening requirements tend to put off busy, exhausted new mothers.

I'd got my nerve up, and I didn't want to put off making a try at it.

Performance testing is usually put off until later cycles for a variety of reasons.

He put off the faith of his childhood quite simply, like a cloak that he no longer needed.

If it rains tomorrow, we will have to put off the visit to the Summer Palace.

Some drivers have been put off by price rises: including tax, it is now more like a one-and-a-half-lakh car.

Nobody to come the day after tomorrow, they will have to put off the meeting till next week.

I was put off when a man sitting opposite me said he had something wrong with his foot and hoped the fish were enjoying it.

It seemed as if the meeting would be put off.

I always put off the English homework to the last to complete everytime, if it is no time to do I even don't do!

Europeans, Africans, and Arabs in particular, are put off by the straight-to-the -point style of North American business communication.

Do not be put off by this scrap of jargon; an ion cannon is a fictional weapon used in fictional space epics.

As the manager is out on business travel, the regular meeting of this month is put off to next week.

He decided that he would put off his tour of inspection till the next day .

But surely you may put off this old lady till to-morrow: she is not so near her end, I presume, but that she may hope to see another day.

But no one should take that as reason enough to put off giving birth past the normal reproductive years.

Mr. Fagan said this would put off unscrupulous traders finding it easy to re-route export cigarettes.

The amount of gas used in any given surgery is small, and global warming is not a reason to put off a necessary procedure.

They are trying to put off the expense and there are a lot of technologies that they can use to do that.

He reminded me that the meeting had been put off until next Monday.

Should such a row develop, Wenger may be put off making a bid for the player, and may pursue other alternatives.

You can ask for a pay rise of some of their first few, or put off the date on which the printing inks.

I put off purchases and considered the reasons I wanted whatever it was that I wanted.

I was endeavouring to put off one sort of life for another sort of life.

Eg: Please inform all that the meeting to be held at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning has been put off due to some reason.

The meeting was to be held yesterday, but it was put off till next Monday.

the countess had fallen asleep , and the count put off their departure till morning and went to bed.

John always likes to put off his work until the next day.

The budget put off until the next legislature a cut in the pay of Italy's parliamentarians, by some distance the best paid in Europe.

In an increasing number, newly- weds put off having children or decide not to have one at all.

Cut off the electricity, gas, and put off the fire and clean up the field before the last shift is off duty.

We will have to put off the sports meeting if it rains tomorrow.

Referring to what he called tough decisions put off for a long time, Mr. Obama said political leaders in Washington will have to compromise.

Waking up refreshed gives me some motivation to do some of those things I put off like the laundry!

It may rain tomorrow . In that case , we 'll have to put off the sports meet till next Saturday .

If it's too soon after your mother's death, could the move be put off for a few months?

If understanding prevails, UNCTAD is in a position to replace confrontation with agreement; it cannot be put off.

Bangkok firefighters have been working through the night to put off the fires.

would be put off. = If it should rain tomorrow, the meeting would be put off.

Gates, for his part, was put off that Clinton didn't engage him on his favorite topic, technology.

We all felt it a regret that the sports meet was put off.

Andrew zhong: I said before that my wedding party will be put off for my fiancee doesn't feel well. Do not ask again.

Would it be possible for me to put off the work till a later day?

Maybe all this research simply justifies the twentysomething tendency to hold a series of entry -level jobs and put off having children.

You know you are a procrastinator and you have put off dealing with it as long as possible.

Some English-speaking theatergoers will be put off by parts of "Chinglish, " given that about a quarter of the dialogue is in Mandarin.

You might have taken the trouble to tell me the meeting was put off.

But it's exactly the kind of problem a system of government like ours was built to put off.

Nobody to come tomorrow, we will have to put off the meeting till next week.

That's unlikely to put off the poultry industry, however, which wants disease resistant birds that grow faster on less food.

(put off)Today, he is not comfortable, so wanted to put off the meeting tomorrow.

I had planned to take a walk out, which had to be put off because of the weather.

The boat was going to put off and the tide would be spent.

In the light of the accident, we have put off the meeting till next week.

He said, would you put off your coat as it was warm here?

Again, the task is put off until other pressures make it necessary for it to be tackled.

Should it rain tomorrow, we would have to put off the visit to the Yangpu Bridge.

To put off doing something , especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness .

Far from stimulating interest they seem to put off bidders, who perhaps fear that a secret reserve is secret because it is far too high.

If it rains tomorrow, our picnic would be put off. (The weather has been very good these days).

We were force to put off the match to the next week because of the bad weather.

Under this background, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is planning to put off the legal retiring age.

We've decided to put off the sports game till next Friday.

First, if you're not forced to deal with the bug immediately, you're likely to put off fixing it, so bugs tend to accumulate.

We prefer you not to put off the meeting until next week.

They then put off the bags and continued to climb up, talking with each other happily.

Try not to be put off, but to hear the anger as sounds of hurt.

If it should snow tomorrow , the meeting would be put off.

"I would be put off by the risk, " he said soberly.

You know, the weather is not very good. Is there any possibility that the flight would be put off?

This is Betty. I just want to tell you that the ball for this afternoon has been put off till Friday evening.

but I do not think I can put off my engagement, because it is the only evening for some time which will at once suit her and myself.

They have decided to put off the sports meet till next Tuesday.

If I were you , I would put off the meeting until next month.

The meeting will be put off till next week, when all the participants will arrive from different parts of the country.

He decided to put off all personal considerations and accept the task assigned to him.

Frank Churchill, who had promised for months to come to see his father and new stepmother, again put off his visit.

However, more dour adults may be put off by the lack of environmental concern shown in this film.

The team says consumers will not be put off by the idea of genetically modified coffee as it is actually a good GM organism for health.

So now you're busying yourself with other activities, some of which you could put off, using others' dramas as an excuse.

She said some people are put off by the smell and her friends don't understand why she drinks it.

You mean I can put off till tomorrow what I cannot do today? OK, that makes sense.

Judge Richard A. Jones put off sentencing for up to six months to allow investigators to question Ridgway in more detail.

We'll have to put off our trip to Hangzhou till next week if it doesn't stop raining.

Dell on Monday projected shrinking profit margins, and on Tuesday told analysts that companies continue to put off technology purchases.

In recent days, it has not been hard to find disgruntled small investors who say they have been put off investing.

Not having made enough preparations, they thought it better to put off the sports meeting till next week.

If it rains tomorrow, our party will have to be put off.

I'm very sorry but I have to put off our appointment this afternoon from three to four thirty, because something urgent has come up.

If it should rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the picnic.

They weren't going to put off finding out the truth about God.

He asked me whether the meeting was to be put off.

It could be that potential entrants are put off by the working hours and high-pressure environment as well as the riskiness.

Not having made enough preparation, they thought it better to put off the experiment till next week.

Owing to my absence , they had to put off the class meeting till next week .

If it should rain tomorrow, we should have to put off the match.

A new constitution has promised to let two-thirds of a toothless advisory council be elected. But the poll has been put off.

The group agreed to work more closely, but put off thornier questions until next year, in an early challenge for the Obama administration.

Due to the delay in the shipping schedule for building materials, they had to put off fixing the damaged house.

if it should rain, the meeting would be put off.

They are going to put off the meeting to next month.

Every student must be there attending it on time. if the weather were bad it would be put off.

Be creative and you should be able to put off making some tough long-term decisions until you can better see the bigger picture.

But the idea that the British, among the most enthusiastic borrowers in the world, are put off by debt is laughable.

'No - I only meant - if it should have to be put off. '

One reason for the turnaround, says Mr. Wood, is that many executives who had put off retirement are finally getting ready to step down.

In the United States, that will be one more reason for the Federal Reserve to put off raising interest rates anytime in 2010.

In general, from the analysis and number simulation, we find that the media coverage can put off the arrival of the infection peak.

But his start date at the bank has been put off while northeastern Japan struggles to rebuild.

Don't put off what you know you need to do just because it's not urgent, and you can always get to it someday.

Defer, postpone, shelve, stay, suspend The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to put off until a later time"

Start the Countdown! Remind folks that your quit date is nearly here. Continue to put off your first smoke of the day.

As it is wet, we have to put off our trip to the Great Wall.

I put off my departure on account of a heavy rain.

They are replacing traditional bikes and motorcycles at a rapid clip and, in many cases, allowing people to put off the switch to cars.

Were it to rain tomorrow, the great march would have to be put off.

He put off the snow of the boot before he went into the house.

School arranged that this meeting should be put off.

If it should rain tomorrow we would put off the specific sport meeting.

His proposal was that we (should)put off the meeting.

Mr Leigh opposed the proposals on the basis that "middle Britain" would be put off going to university, a position echoed by Mr Lewis.

Due to the bad weather, I had to put off the sports meeting.

If it should rain tomorrow, the meeting should be put off.

It's a quick way to create notes and lists that allows you to put off stuff that isn't immediately important.

In other words, textual training should not be put off to the intermediate or high level, but should be started from primary stage.

The picture that Barber put off on Palmer turned out to be worth less than tenth of the price.

Please put off all the lights as you leave the building.

In spite of it is dark, he never put off today's events towards tomorrow.

We have to put off the meeting because of the absence of the chairman.

If it should rain tomorrow, we would put off the athletic meeting.

It's a bad habit to put off things until the last minute.

We all agree to put off the meeting till Saturday.

Horror scenarios surrounding pre-V3 NFS put off many administrators managing networks with less than a few dozen users.

We have to put off the meeting because of the manager can't arrive here.

For others, waiting is much too painful to put off for more than a few minutes.

You put off buying clothes to pay for more coaching. Corollary: The clothes you DO buy are made of Lycra and sequins .

In that case, we'll have to put off the sports meet till next Saturday.

Retaining your customers is too important to put off another day and the quality of your program is critical.

Therefore having put off the lie, speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

If it should rain tomorrow, our sports meeting would be put off.

As a result of the bad weather , we put off the meeting.

I got noticed that the sports meet was to be put off to the following week.

He promises budgetary discipline only to put off the hard decisions until later.

Col. 3: 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his practices.

we would have to put off the visit to the East Lake.

While heightened insecurity can depress growth as companies put off investment and hiring, says Bloom, the effect is only temporary.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives.

He came to tell you the meeting had been put off.

As many wise people have said, "don't put off till tomorrow what you could do today. "

Thanks to the bad weather, they had to put off the sports meeting.

If it rains tomorrow at all, we will put off the sports meet.

We have to put off the sports meeting until next week .

Many students being absent , we had to put off the conference.

If it rained tomorrow , the sports meet would be put off .

Not having prepared well, they thought it better to put off the trip till next week.

The deal is now unlikely to be revived until 2008 at the earliest, and could even be put off indefinitely.

Then I put off calling the court that had convicted Hanna to find out where she was serving her sentence.

as for those tallying with the conditions, it shall be forbidden to refuse, put off the service for any reasons.

This largely explains OPEC's recent decision to put off further output cuts, even as crude prices continued sliding.

Originally expected in the second half of this year, it now appears to have been put off indefinitely.

What one or two things did you do differently that made it easier to get started and harder to put off working?

Status also plays a role, but so, too, do fears that those who put off buying will be priced out of the market indefinitely.

It's raining. Therefore, we have to put off the match.

All this uncertainty and expense has doubtless put off utilities.

I was asked whether the meeting was to be put off.

Try to read recipients' reactions, and if someone seems put off, think about a less offbeat selection next time.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, or save anything that would add laughter and brightness to our lives.

What do you think of his idea that the discussion be put off?

The next time you light a cigarette or put off exercising , think about whether your choices are making you younger of older.

But he that hath put off the old and put on the new is regenerated in the new Adam, in the last Adam, in the Christ.

That summer my city was like a huge steamer box. We put off one day to another the plan to buy a mosquito net, just to save money.

A feeble recovery could make matters worse, as the unemployed lose their skills, public debt builds up and firms put off investment.

He got the news from Mary that the meeting had been put off.

The voting itself went off without a hitch, if one wasn't put off by the sight of armed police commandos buzzing around on motorbikes.

Initially, I put off getting a full-genome scan because I wasn't sure how useful such a test would be.

If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your hand, and you won't enjoy your free time so much.

I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter to our lives.

You should have told me that the meeting was put off in advance.

Reliance on land sales allows China to put off plans to broaden the tax base, which will be risky and politically sensitive.

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

If it rained tomorrow, our picnic would be put off.